I live in and ride in Tahoe, and am thinking of cleaning out my quiver and replacing it with one of these. I consider myself a solid intermediate and think riding just one board will be good for my progression, rather than swapping all the time.
What I have currently (and ready to sell off)
We see enough snow, especially this winter, that I think I want my daily driver to be a directional freeride type board. good for carving, good in powder. And for the truly bottomless days I might also get a dedicated powder board, 3D Fish maybe. I can usually get burton on significant discount which is why all the burton, but I'm not tied to it. I love the skeleton key but I sometimes wish it was a tad stiffer or longer. Something between my FA and SK would probably be good. I wonder if the 158 SK would even solve that issue.
Guy at the shop was recommending the excavator hard, Stratos seems like a slightly longer SK and slightly stiffer plus has the spooned out nose and tail which sounds nice, and HTH feels like it fits right between the FA and SK in burtons line. But I havent ridden any.
What I have currently (and ready to sell off)
- Capita outerspace living 156
- Burton custom X 158
- Burton flight attendant 159
- Burton skeleton key 154
We see enough snow, especially this winter, that I think I want my daily driver to be a directional freeride type board. good for carving, good in powder. And for the truly bottomless days I might also get a dedicated powder board, 3D Fish maybe. I can usually get burton on significant discount which is why all the burton, but I'm not tied to it. I love the skeleton key but I sometimes wish it was a tad stiffer or longer. Something between my FA and SK would probably be good. I wonder if the 158 SK would even solve that issue.
Guy at the shop was recommending the excavator hard, Stratos seems like a slightly longer SK and slightly stiffer plus has the spooned out nose and tail which sounds nice, and HTH feels like it fits right between the FA and SK in burtons line. But I havent ridden any.
